# Jolako Village, Kesinga, Kalahandi (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Kesinga, Kalahandi 

# Jolako

Jolako is a village in Kesinga sub-district of Kalahandi district, Odisha, PIN code **766012**. The 2011 Census counted **1,208 people in 290 households**, the 41st largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,208people (2011)
- 290households
- 67.4%literacy
- 766012PIN code

## Jolako PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Jolako is 766012.** Jolako falls in Kesinga sub-district, Kalahandi district, Odisha.

- PIN code766012
- Gram panchayatLaitara
- Community development blockKesinga
- Census village code422337

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Jolako from nearby towns?

- Kesinga (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Bhawanipatna (district HQ)30 km by road
- Kesinga (nearest town)4 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Jolako?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Jolako; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kesinga
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kesinga
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jolako known for?

The main crops are **paddy, cotton and moong**. About 76% of the 305 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Jolako

Of every 100 households in Jolako in 2011, 48 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Jolako · ■ Kesinga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**90%

Tap water ****55%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**98%

Use banking services ****62%**

**31%

Television ****38%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Jolako?

■ Jolako · ■ Kesinga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**989

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**929

Working population ****32.1%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 52.7% for women. 50% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 31 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 259 (67%) · **■** Marginal 90 (23%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kesinga

- Matia1,295 people
- Brahmani1,269 people
- Gurjimunda1,246 people
- Masanibandha1,212 people
- Jujurang1,114 people
- Kirokuda1,108 people
- Digsira1,107 people
- Jamujor1,102 people

[All 127 villages in Kesinga](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/kalahandi/kesinga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Jolako?766012
- How far is Jolako from Bhawanipatna?30 km by road
- What is the population of Jolako?1,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jolako in?Kalahandi district (Kesinga sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Jolako?67.4% (Census 2011)